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15-letter words containing a, b, e, o

  • irreconcileable — Alternative spelling of irreconcilable.
  • irreformability — the state or condition of being irreformable
  • irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
  • irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
  • irritable colon — any combination of common disturbances of the bowel, as diarrhea or constipation, occurring with abdominal pain, sometimes accompanied by psychological stress. Abbreviation: IBS.
  • jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
  • jacob ben asher — c1269–c1340, Hebrew commentator on the Bible and codifier of Jewish law.
  • job enlargement — a widening of the range of tasks performed by an employee in order to provide variety in the activities undertaken
  • john barleycorn — a personification of barley as used in malt liquor, of malt liquor itself, or of any intoxicating liquor.
  • journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
  • jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
  • keep tabs on sb — If someone keeps tabs on you, they make sure that they always know where you are and what you are doing, often in order to control you.
  • keyboard plaque — (jargon)   The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards. "Are there any other terminals I can use? This one has a bad case of keyboard plaque."
  • keyboard skills — ability to input information using a keyboard
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • knowledge-based — characterized by the dominance of information services as an area of growth
  • labor relations — worker-employer relationship
  • labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
  • labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
  • ladies'-tobacco — pussy-toes.
  • lake okeechobee — a lake in S Florida, in the Everglades: second largest freshwater lake wholly within the US. Area: 1813 sq km (700 sq miles)
  • langue de boeuf — ox-tongue partisan.
  • largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
  • leaf-footed bug — any of numerous plant-sucking or predaceous bugs of the family Coreidae, typically having leaflike legs: several species are pests of food crops.
  • league football — rugby league football
  • liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
  • library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
  • livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • loaded for bear — any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
  • lobar pneumonia — pneumonia (def 2).
  • low earth orbit — (communications)   (LEO) The kind of orbit used by communications satellites that will offer high bandwidth for video on demand, television, and Internet communications. A satellite in LEO, in contrast to one in a geostationary orbit, is not in a fixed position relative to the Earth's surface so several satellites are required to provide continuous service.
  • lower slobbovia — any place considered to be remote, poor, or unenlightened.
  • lucrezia borgia — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
  • make a comeback — popular again
  • make a habit of — If you make a habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often.
  • make sb welcome — If you make someone welcome or make them feel welcome, you make them feel happy and accepted in a new place.
  • manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
  • marlborough leg — a tapered leg having a square section.
  • marriage broker — a person who arranges marriages, usually between strangers, for a fee.
  • mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • matrix bar code — a type of 2D bar code that stores data in a matrix of geometrically shaped dark and light cells that represent bits. See also QR code.
  • medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
  • medulloblastoma — (oncology) A malignant type of brain tumour that originates in the cerebellum.
  • megalithic tomb — a burial chamber constructed of large stones, either underground or covered by a mound and usually consisting of long transepted corridors (gallery graves) or of a distinct chamber and passage (passage graves). The tombs may date from the 4th millennium bc
  • meibomian gland — any of the small sebaceous glands in the eyelid, beneath the conjunctiva
  • member of staff — an employee of a particular organization
  • methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
  • moderate breeze — a wind of 13–18 miles per hour (5.8–8 m/sec).
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